Fun Shoot in Monroe, NY

Walt and I went to a Muzzleloading Fun Shoot today at a local club. What a ball! We set up 25 targets at various distances, ranging from 7 yards to 55 yards. Targets were quite an assortment...everything from metal gongs, to a length of chain, to wooden match sticks. There were drinking straws, balloons, playing cards (on their EDGE!), birthday candles and the like. The entrance fee included lunch, and all who entered were assured to go home with a prize or two. Prizes...also a cool variety...of meat! Chickens, steaks, hams, bacon and eggs, etc. It's sad that there were only 10 of us who signed up...but it was a fun, informal and all around good time. Most of the guys were shooting round ball, while Walt and I brought our muskets. In the photo are: Walt, Larry Witko (the organizer), my brother John Bailey and myself. The photographer was Mikey--who took the photo with his Nintendo DSi videogame! Walt hit the most targets out of everyone...I didn't do bad...hit about half of them. Anybody ever try to put a .58 cal minie ball inside the "hole" of a pretzel...without breaking the pretzel??

Here's the Saratoga Results 6/19 & 6/20

Nice Job, guys! Individual medals for Walt, Jim and Al T

MUSKET TEAM,

14th VA Cav 730.5
XXXX 885.0
15th CVI 928.1
4th VA Inf 977.5
73rd NYI 982.1
XXXX 1149.5

CARBINE TEAM,

14th VA Cav A 654.3
4th VA Inf A 728.9
15th CVI 743.9
73rd NYI 1003.1
14th VA Cav B 1084.6
4th VA Inf B 1156.8
10th Mass 1188.5
34th VA Cav 1646.5

SMOOTH BORE TEAM,

4th VA Inf 233.5
10th Mass 261.7
15th CVI A 290.6
14th VA Cav B 435.7
14th VA Cav A 462.6
14th CVI 534.7
15th CVI B 602.0
20th CVI 705.7

INDIVIDUALS,

50yd MUSKET:

T Burcher 47
A Trovato 46-1x
P Barbieri 46
W Clark 45-1x
H Anagnostis 45-1x

100yd Musket

P Barbieri 46
T Burcher 45-1x
T Occhi 44-1x
W Magee 44
W Clark 44

Musket Agg:

T Burcher 92-1x
P Barbieri 92
W Clark 89-1x

50 yd CARBINE:

W Clark 45-1x
D Stedman 45-1x
J Tantillo 45
D Smith 43-1x
M Koprowski 43

100 yd Carbine:

D Stedman 46-2x
M Koprowski 45
W Clark 44
A La Patra 43
P Orzolek 40

Carbine Agg:

D Stedman 91-3x
W Clark 89-1x
M Koprowski 88

25 yd Smoothbore:

M Koprowski 47-1x
A La Patra 47-1x
M Ross 46

50 yd Smoothbore

M Koprowski 46
W Kiel 45
D Collins 42

S'bore Agg:

M Koprowski 93-1x
D Collins 86-1x
A Torday 84

50 yd Breechloader:

G Rohde 46-1x
P Barbeiri 46
C Henshell 46

100yd B'loader

G Rohde 45
W Clark 40
P Orzolek 37

B'loader Agg:

G Rohde 91-1x
W Clark 84
T Occhi 75-1x

25yd Revolver:

H Anagnostis 47
A La Patra 46-1x
W Clark 46

GRAND AGG:

W Clark 224-2x
D Stedman 221-3x
A La Patra 216-1x

Full results from Glastonbury posted

Got the following comprehensive list of results from the Glastonbury skirmish tonight from Tom. Musket team took first place; individual medal results are included as well. Enjoy.

Results, 14CVI, June 5-6, 2010, Glastonbury

Musket

4th Va Inf 719.1
14th Va Cav 765.7
15 CVI 842.2
5th CVI 849.4
120 NY 866.2
20th CVI 1079
1st CVi 1404

Carbine

15 CVI A ` 469.8
5th CVI 566.5
4th VA Inf 640.0
42nd NY 651.6
10th Mass Btty 656.7
14th Va Cav 665.5
a5 CVI B 713.3
34th Va CAv 883.4
XXXX 1530

Henry

14th Va Cav B 275.7
Mike & Ted 318.3
42nd NY 327.5
4th Va Inf 368.1
14th Va Cav A 407.3

Rev

14th Va Cav A 242
5th CVI 539.9
14th Va Cv B 603

SB

10th Mass Btty 204.7
14TH VA CAV 247.6
4TH VA INF 339.8
15th CVI A 347.8
34th Va Cav 691
15th CVI B 1072

Musket
A 50
a La Patra 47
D Stedman 46
M Thomas 44

A 100
D Stedman 46
T Hines 45-1
M Thomas 44-1

A Agg
D Stedman 92
M Thomas 88-1
W Clark 84

B 50
D Volz 46
A Otash 45
G Rohde 44

B 100
T Womack 46
E Occhi 44-1
D Volz 44-1

B Agg
D Volz 90-1
P Hughes 85-1
T Womack 83

Carbine
A 50
T Trovato 45
D Stedman 43
W Clark 42

A 100
W Clark 45
M Thomas 43-1
T Hines 43

A Agg
W Clark 87
M Thomas 83-1

B 50
P Hughes 42
T Occhi 41
R Raby 39

B 100
P Hughes 40
T Womack 28

B Agg
P Hughes 82
T Occhi 41
L Ruggiero 34

Rev
W Clark 44
D Stedman 41
A La Patra 40

SB
A 25
M Koprowski 49
M Thomas 42
T Trovato 39

A 50
M Koprowski 43

A Agg
M Koprowski 92

B 25
P Hughes 42
G Rohde 41
W Magee 40

B 50
T Hines 42-1
W Magee 40
G Rohde 37

B Agg
G Rohde 78
P Hughes 74
L Ruggiero 67

BL
50
D Smith 46
G Rohde 45-1
W Clark 43

100
D Smith 43-1
M Koprowski 40

Agg
D Smith 89-1
M Koprowski 83
G Rohde 45-1

Grand Agg
D Stedman 216
W Clark 215
A La Patra 168

Amazing Photos

Al Otash sent this amazing email--thought the link should be on our blog. Thanks Al--very enjoyable to see actual historical depictions...

Civil War Photos..very rare!!! GREAT PHOTOS OF OUR HISTORY! These pictures are very profound. It is fortunate that these have survived. Most probably a million wet plate photos were made during the civil war on glass plate. Popular during the war, they lost their appeal afterwords and so many were sold for the glass. Many used in green houses. Over the years the sun caused the images to disappear. These are pretty amazing considering they were taken up to 150 years ago. A compendium of photos from era of the War Between the States. Click on the photos to enlarge and to read the description and caption. Click here please http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html

Happy Birthday Bernie

Hey gang, rumor has it that today's Bernie's birthday. So if you see this man, wish him a happy birthday.

Analyzing misses

Got out for another hour or so this afternoon to shoot some 100 yard targets with the Maynard. Here is the best of the bunch:


Don't know what to make of that group of four that fell into the seven and six rings. I have a shot string chart pulled from somewhere off the net, I think originally from an army shooting manual. Here's what it says:

click to enlarge

What do any of you think? jerking the trigger is a definite possibility, but the idea of having too large a peep near the eye (6 o'clock string) is also possible. I'm still trying to figure out the optimal place to cheek the gun for a consistent look through the peep. thoughts??

Glastonbury Regional 6/6/2010

Practice makes . . . dirty guns

Getting ready for the weekend, went to the range this morning and shot six ten-shot groups at 50 yds with the Maynard. These were the best two targets of the bunch:


That's pretty good shooting for me. I'll do the same thing at 100 yds next week.

Don't know about you folks, but the weather here in upstate NY isn't looking too good for the weekend. Keep your powder dry and your heads low.

Facebook pic

Found this picture kicking around the internet

Schedule for the weekend

What time do I need to be in Glastonbury on Sunday for team musket?